sec whistleblower attorneys
February 15, 2019
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, Gordon Coburn, Steven E. Schwartz
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
SANCTION AMOUNT: $25000000
Defendants: Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation
Gordon Coburn, Steven E. Schwartz
Partial settlement (by the entity Respondent) of charges of bribery, including a $2 million bribe demanded by a senior government official of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu from a construction firm building Respondent’s 2.7 million square foot campus in Chennai, India. Coburn and Schwartz were Respondent's President and Chief Legal Officer and allegedly authorized the bribe.
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